Covent Garden Theatre Price Riots Obstinacy Medallion

Covent Garden Theatre Price Riots Obstinacy Medallion,
plated brass. The Old Price Riots of 1809 (also sometimes
referred to as the O. P. or OP riots) were caused by rising prices at the
new Theatre at Covent Garden, London, after the previous one had been
destroyed by fire. The riots lasted three months, and ended with John
Philip Kemble, the manager of the theatre, being forced to make a public
apology. Ex-David Young Collection. Much silvering remaining and
less common example with no piercing for suspension, see
photograph.